faðma

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse faðma, from the noun faðmr (“embrace, fathom”) (whence Modern Icelandic faðmur), from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

faðma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faðmaði, supine faðmað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to embrace, to hug
    Ég faðma fólk oftast ekki.
    I don't usually hug people.
    Maðurinn faðmar konuna sína.
    The man hugs his wife.
    Faðmaðu mig.
    Hug me.
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